U.S. Veteran Information (non-governmental)

Federal Benefits for
Veterans and Dependents

INDEX


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Agent Orange 16, 22
Aid and Attendance 25
Alcohol Dependence Treatment 18
Allied Veterans 20
Allowances for Dependents 23
Appeals 68
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals 68
- U.S. Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims 69
Armed Forces Retirement
Homes 66
Automobile Assistance 24
Beneficiary Travel 17
Benefit Payments 21
Benefit Programs 21, 57
Blind Veterans 18
Burial
- Benefits 43
- Expenses 37
- Flags 46
- in National Cemeteries 43
Businesses
- Small and Disadvantaged 56
- Small Business Administration 62
Claim Filing 10
Clothing Allowance 24
Commissary Privileges 66
Copayments 14
Correction of Military Records 65
Death Gratuity 67
Death Pension 49
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation (DIC) 48
- Special Allowances 49
- Restored Entitlement 49
Dependent & Survivor Medical
Care 20
Dependents’ Education 50
Disability Compensation 21
Disabled Veterans Outreach 57
Discharge Reviews 64
Domiciliary Care 15
Drug-Dependence Treatment 18
Education and Training 26
Educational Loans 52
Eligibility, General 9
Exchange Privileges 66
Federal Contractors 58
Federal Jobs for Veterans 59
FHA Home Mortgage Insurance 61
Financial Assessment 13
Gulf War Veterans 16, 22
Headstones and Markers 44, 45
Health-Care
- Benefits 12
- Enrollment 9, 12
Home Improvements 18
Housebound 25
Homeless Veterans 53
Improved Pension 25
Incarcerated Veterans 23, 26
Insurance
- Billing Insurance Companies 14
- Insurance Dividends 41
- Life Insurance 39
- Service-Disabled Veterans 40
- Servicemembers’ Group Life 40
- Veterans’ Group Life 40
- Veterans’ Mortgage Life 41
Ionizing Radiation 16
Job Partnership Training Act 57
Job-Finding Assistance 57
Loans
- Farms and Homes 61
- Home Loan
- Closing Costs 37
- Eligibility 34

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- FHA Mortgage Insurance 61
- Financing, Rates, Terms 37
- Guaranties 33, 52
- Guaranty Amount 36
- Loan Assumption 38
- Native Americans 38
- Release of Liability 38
- Required Occupancy 37
- Safeguards for Veterans 39
Medal of Honor Pension 25
Medals 63
Merchant Marine Seamen 19
Military Funeral Honors 45
Montgomery GI Bill
- Active Duty 26
- Death Benefit 52
- Selected Reserve 28
Naturalization Preference 61
Nursing-Home Care 14
Outpatient Dental Treatment 16
Outpatient Pharmacy Services 16
Overseas Benefits 54, 63
Pension 25
Phone, Toll-free Numbers 75
Presidential Memorial
Certificates 45
Prisoners of War 21
Prosthetics and Sensory Aids 18
Radiation Exposure 22
Re-employment Rights 57
Readjustment Counseling 19
Replacing Military Records 65
Repossessed Homes 39
Required Occupancy 37
Restored Survivors Entitlement 49
Safeguards for Veterans 39
Social Security 62
Spanish Translation Information 11
Special Groups 54
Specially Adapted Homes 23
Spina Bifida Allowance 49
Supplemental Security Income 63
Survivor Benefits 48
Transition Assistance Program 60
Unemployable Veterans 33
Unemployment Compensation 58
VA Facility Addresses & Phones 77
Veterans’ Educational Assistance
Program (VEAP) 29
Vocational and Educational
- Counseling 28, 29, 31
- Rehabilitation & Employment 31
- Training for Children with Spina
Bifida 33
Wartime Service 10
Women Veterans 52